Officials from C.E. Jacobson Elementary School in Rush City contacted the Chisago County Sheriff’s Office yesterday in regards to a threatening message that was written on a wall in the school’s timeout room. An investigation found a fifth grader wrote the message a week ago, and the stu...Read More

The hot-button issue of what to do about the ailing Chisago County Jail came up again at the Chisago County Board of Commissioners meeting Jan. 21. Chisago County Administrator Bruce Messelt said if the county is to continue using its current jail facility in Center City, about $2 million worth of f...Read More

Steven Paul Juckel has been acquitted of sexually assaulting a woman in Fish Lake Township. Juckel, 40, of Newport, Minnesota, was originally charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct following a sexual assault complaint that reportedly occurred in his cabin in the early morning hours of Jul...Read More

A 40-year-old man from Newport, Minnesota, was scheduled to go to trial last week after pleading not guilty to a third-degree criminal sex conduct charge from an alleged incident that occurred inside a Fish Lake Township cabin in 2013. The felony charge lodged against Steven Paul Juckel indicates he...Read More

A 34-year-old North Branch man was arrested Dec. 13 after North Branch Police responded to a call related to terroristic threats and shots fired within the city. A criminal complaint on Jason John Brewer Ericson was filed Monday, Dec. 16, reflecting several felony and gross misdemeanor charges, said...Read More

A 54-year-old Lindstrom man was arrested Dec. 7 in connection with an act of violence that left a woman and her brother badly beaten in their home. Two days later, at the time the criminal complaint was filed with Chisago County District Court, it was unknown whether the male victim would survive. R...Read More

An inmate at the Rush City prison is facing two new serious felony charges, including attempted premeditated murder, in connection with a 2012 incident that left another inmate with a traumatic brain injury. A criminal complaint against 53-year-old Mark William Latimer was originally filed in May 20...Read More